Training on preventing and de-escalatingchallenging behaviour in young people

A 2, 3, or 4 day course for anyone who cares for, works with, or wants to help young people who have had a difficult start in life.

This training teaches adults knowledge, skills and attitudes to help children and young people. It is training that could not have taken place 10 or even 5 years ago. Our knowledge of this area has increased rapidly in recent years. We now know that so many of the behaviours in young people that cause difficulty to adults - defiance, emotional outbursts, aggression, withdrawal, self injury, alcohol and drug abuse - can have their origin in early life experience. We know that the developing brain can adapt to life in a hard world and we know that these behaviours can be seen as a way the brain adaptations help children survive. We know too that many of our instictive adult reactions to these behaviours - shouting, reprimanding and punishing - make these behaviours more, not less, likely to occur.

This training:

Helps adults understand these brain adaptations and the possible effect on a child's behaviour.

Provides a way to understand the world as seen by a child and to assess the reason's behind a behaviour.

Expains why instinctive adult responses may not work and why we need a counterintuitive approach

Provides a range of techniques to prevent and de-escalate behaviour by building relationships, helping children cope with stress, listening and making emotional connections.

The number of techniques taught will obviously depend on the legth of the training.